Anne Hathaway is one step closer to an Oscar after winning the award for best
supporting actress for her role as Fantine in Les Miserables at the London
Critics' Circle Film Awards.

Anne Hathaway took a step closer to an Oscar today, after winning best supporting actress at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards.

The award is the latest in a string expected to be won by the 30-year-old actress for her performance inLes Miserables. Hathaway also won theGolden Globe last week.

Hathaway's performance as Fantine has been described as 'overwhelming', while the Telegraph's film critic Robbie Collin called the four and a half minute take where she sings I Dreamed a Dream 'mesmeric'.

Hathaway could not attend the ceremony in London, so the film's producer Debra Hayward collected it on her behalf.

Hathaway in Les Miserables

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British actress of the year was awarded to Andrea Riseborough for her performance in IRA thriller Shadow Dancer. The actress has also had a strong year, having been nominated for a Bafta rising star award. She starred as Wallis Simpson in Madonna's 2011 film W.E.

Michael Haneke's film Amour took home three awards including the award for film of the year. The film's 85-year-old actress Emmanuelle Riva, who has also been nominated for an Oscar, won best actress and Haneke took home the award for screenwriter of the year.

Amour, which follows the story of an ageing couple, has been nominated for five Oscars in total, including best director, film and best foreign film.

Chair of the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, Rich Cline, commented: "A critic's job is to champion the best rather than just go with the awards-season flow, and I think we have done that this year in both our nominations and the films."

Andrea Riseborough in Shadow Dancer

Paul Thomas Anderson's controversial film The Master took home two awards, actor of the year for Philip Seymour Hoffman and supporting actor for Joaquin Phoenix.

The Attenborough Award for best British film of the year was given to Berberian Sound Studio, while lead actor Toby Jones was presented with best British actor of the year.

Helena Bonham Carter was given the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film, which has been won in the past by people such as Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough, Julie Walters and Judi Dench.

Foreign language film of the year was given to Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone, about a killer whale trainer who loses her legs in an accident.

The London Film Critics' Circle comprises over 120 members of UK film critics, broadcasters and writers, who this year voted for more than 200 titles on their nominations ballots.

Awards in full

The Sky Movies Award: FILM OF THE YEAR

Amour (Artificial Eye)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

The Imposter (Picturehouse/Revolver)

The Attenborough Award: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR – presented by The May Fair Hotel